Paratrooper Andrew Bragg wrote "The Devil's Playground" as a tribute to his comrades from Charlie Company’s 2nd Platoon and their 2009-2010 deployment to the Arghandab River valley in Afghanistan. His platoon would suffer 50% casualties and 6 KIA during the deployment.
Havok Journal owner Charles Faint joins us for an update on some of the topics covered on their website. Charles is a 27-year Army Veteran with seven combat tours in Iraq & Afghanistan, many in an intelligence capacity with Special Operations Forces. He currently serves as Managing Editor at the Modern War Institute. We begin with a discussion on several topics regarding China. Several years ago Charles published an article about China and the tiny Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. [...]
Havok Journal owner and 27 year Army Intelligence Veteran Charles Faint discusses some of the topics recently featured on their website. We do some deep dives into the threats/weakenesses of China and also how the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are causing a re-examination of modern war doctrines.
Major League broadcaster and Vietnam Veteran Bill Brown has written an excellent book called “Wartime Athletes; Stories of Sports Stars Who Joined the US Team.” He shares some compelling and inspiring stories.
"Grit To Glory" recounts Green Beret Darrell Utt's journey from the back woods of West Virginia to his leadership role with ODA 043 in Baghdad during some of the most intense fighting.
On this episode we talk with two organizations in the farming battlespace. Farm 2 Veteran uses a network of farms in 9 states to provide healthy, quality food to Veterans experiencing food instability.The Land At Home Project has a mission to train Veterans to get involved in sustainable agriculture.
Erik Knowles quickly discovered that the Marine Corps is no place for a jokester. He now uses comedy as a way to help other Veterans deal with their trauma.
Dave Chamberlain served a combined 38 years in the US Air Force and Air National Guard. We discuss some interesting insgights from some of his Havok Journal articles, including why he feels the current command structure in our military is outmoded.
Ethan Brown served as an Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialists for 11 years and was deployed six times to various combat zones.He shares how this role and technology have changed the way we do battle.
Robert Boyd served with the New York Police Department for 35 years - his last four as Chief of Detectives. He now hosts "New York Homicide" which airs Saturday evenings on the Oxygen Channel True Crime Network.